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Hymns for Special Occasions Volume V (ISBN: 0-9545046-4-X) Published by Grasshopper Publishing Limited, 2004 Price: £16.00 each (inc. p. & p.) Orders for two or more books will qualify for a reduction, each book being priced at £14.00, and further discounts are available for group purchases on request. Hymns for Special Occasions Volume V covers hymns for Morning, Lent and Easter, The Holy Scriptures, Marriage, Baptism, Harvest, The Christian Life, The Life of the Nation, Evening, and Funerals and Memorial Services. The hymn-writers in this volume include: Cecil Frances Alexander; Henry Alford; Henry Williams Baker; Nicholas Brady; St. Bernard of Clairvaux; Matthias Claudius; William Cowper; Philip Doddridge; John Ellerton; William Henry Gill; Dorothy Frances Gurney; John Hampden Gurney; Henry Scott Holland; William Walsham How; John Keble; Thomas Ken; Charles Kingsley; Rudyard Kipling; Henry Hart Milman; Nahum Tate; Henry Twells; Anna Laetitia Waring; Isaac Watts; Charles Wesley; John Greenleaf Whittier; Christopher Wordsworth and John Reynell Wreford Their hymns reflect a wealth of talent, spanning a 300 year period from 1637 with the birth of Thomas Ken until 1937 with the death of Rudyard Kipling. They are – At even, ere the sun was set *** Awake, my soul, and with the sun Christ the Lord is risen today *** Christ whose glory fills the skies Come, ye thankful people, come *** From thee all skill and science flow Glory to Thee, my God, this night *** God moves in a mysterious way God of our fathers, known of old Hear us, O Lord, from heaven, Thy dwelling-place *** In heavenly love abiding Judge eternal, throned in splendour *** Lord, Thy word abideth Lord, while for all mankind we pray *** New every morning is the love O God, our help in ages past *** O Lord of heaven and earth and sea O perfect Love *** O sacred Head once wounded O Word of God incarnate *** Rejoice for a brother deceased Ride on, ride on in majesty *** Saviour, again to Thy dear name we raise See Israel’s gentle Shepherd stand *** There is a green hill far away Thou God of truth and love *** Through all the changing scenes of life We plough the fields, and scatter *** When I survey the wondrous cross Who fathoms the eternal thought? *** Yes, God is good – in earth and sky Also included is a Supplement of Readings for a variety of events in the life of the Christian Church taken from the writings of – Hilaire Belloc; Deitrich Bonhoeffer; Sir Thomas Browne; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; William Cowper; G.K. Chesterton; Thomas Gray; A.E. Housman; Charles Lamb; John Milton; Christina Georgina Rossetti; John Ruskin; Robert Sothey; Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy; Jeremy Taylor; Alfred Lord Tennyson; Charles Wesley; John Wesley; William Wordsworth. as well as from The Bible, The Book of Common Prayer and The First Prayer Book of Edward VI |
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